A Look Back: 17 Online Tools To Help Students Write EssaysI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. StockSnap / Pixabay I originally published The Best Online Tools That Can Help Students Write An Essay in 2015, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It highlights sites that I think can teach , as well as correct , a person’s writing. Write About , Hemingway App , Virtual Writing Tutor , a
SEL Weekly UpdateI’ve recently begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists. You might also be interested in THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2021 – PART ONE. Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: ‘What Do I Get If I Do It?
The Best Resources Exploring The Use Of Praise In The ClassroomFotoRieth / Pixabay Several previous “Best” lists have discussed various aspects of the value of praise in the classroom, including My Best Posts On Why It’s Important To Be Positive In Class , The Best Resources For Learning How To Best Give Feedback To Students , The Best Posts, Articles & Videos Explaining Why Punishment Is Often Not The Best Classroom Strategy , and The Best Resources On Help
The Titanic Sank On This Day In 1912 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resourcespixel2013 / Pixabay The Titanic sank on this night in 1912. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About The Titanic .
A Look Back: 14 Multilingual Sites To Learn English & Other LanguagesArtsyBee / Pixabay I originally published The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Learning English in 2008, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes Clozemaster , Duolingo , Lingo Hut , and eleven other sites. Check them all out at the “Best” list and let me know what I’m missing!
Pins Of The WeekI’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 22,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post). You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2020 Here
Video: Listen To An Interview With Katie & Me About Our New BookKatie Hull Sypnieski and I were interviewed by Carol Salva about our new book, the second edition of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide. You can read, listen and watch it here . I’m adding it to the post where you can find lots of links to free resources from all of my and our books.
Taxes Are Due On Monday – Here Are Learning & Teaching Resourcesstevepb / Pixabay Federal taxes are due on Monday. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Taxes .
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLBiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2021. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi
Research Studies Of The WeekI often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature . By the way, you mig
Ed Tech DigestTen years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2021 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy IssuesHere are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here ): Inside the vast national experiment in test-optional college admissions is from NBC News. Not just Florida. More than a dozen states propose so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills is from NPR. What the GOP’s faux outrage over child se
Most Popular Posts Of The WeekI’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven-to-ten days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE
April 29th Is “Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare” – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resourcessutulo / Pixabay The United Nations has declared April 29th to be Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare . You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning & Teaching About About The Dangers & History Of Chemical Weapons .
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The WeekEach week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2021 – PART ONE . Here are this week’s picks: Boosting Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to Project Zero’s “Thinking Routines Tool” Is An Excelle
New Resources On Race & RacismI’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: 3 Ways to Enhance Culturally Responsive Teaching is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy” – Ple
A Look Back: Free Resources From All “My” BooksEvery two months, I reprint this post so that new subscribers learn about these resources. I have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all “my” books (“my” is quotation marks because several are ones I have co-authored or edited). Clicking on the covers will lead you to them. Look for a fourth book in my student motivation series (out in 2023) and a second
“The Lessons Educators Have Learned From Colleagues”The Lessons Educators Have Learned From Colleagues is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Take risks is one of the valuable lessons teachers can learn from their peers. Risks after all lead to growth. Here are some excerpts:
A Look Back: Nine Tools For Creating Free Temporary EmailsI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. ribkhan / Pixabay I originally published The Best Temporary Email Address Sites For Students (Or Anyone) in 2008, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes sites like Mail Catch , Dispostable , MyTrash Mail , and six others. Check them all out at the “Best” list and let me know what
“Help Language Learners Lead Their Own Learning” Is Another Excerpt From Our New Bookgeralt / Pixabay Help Language Learners Lead Their Own Learning is another excerpt from our new book, the second edition of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide . It appears in Middleweb. I’m adding it to the post where you can find lots of links to free resources from all of my and our books.
